Articles By Alex Choros
Alex Choros
Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.
Throughout his career as a journalist, Alex has covered international trade shows, spent three years co-hosting a tech show on community radio, and was awarded Highly Commended in the Best Reviewer category of the 2018 IT Journalism Awards and the 2021 IT Journalism Awards. His work contributed to WhistleOut Australia winning the Best Consumer Technology Coverage award in the 2023 IT Journalism Awards. Alex won the Consensus Award for Best Investigative Writer in 2024, and the Consensus Award for Best Editor in 2025.
He regularly contributed to Gizmodo and Lifehacker, and he often pops up on 2GB and 3AW to talk telco. On weekends, you'll find Alex at a wine bar, on a hike, or in the middle of a mosh pit.
Expertise
- Mobile plans
- Internet plans
- Smartphones and tablets
- Headphones and speakers
- NBN
- Telco
Awards
- Best Editor (2025 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Best Investigative Writer (2024 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Best Consumer Technology Coverage (2023 IT Journalism Awards)
- Finalist - Most Controversial Writer (2023 Consensus IT Writers Awards)
- Highly Commended - Best Reviewer (2021 IT Journalism Awards)
- Highly Commended - Best Reviewer (2018 IT Journalism Awards)
Education
- Masters of Strategic Public Relations - University of Sydney (2013 - 2015)
- Bachelor of Creative Industries and Information Technology - Queensland University of Technology (2008 - 2012)
Featured Publications
New Nokia 3310 Hands On
It might not work in Australia, but we still wanted to get our hands on the new 3310.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S3 is almost a Galaxy Note in tablet form
While Samsung didn't unveil the Galaxy S8 as part of its Mobile World Congress keynote, it did give Android fans a new tablet to look forward to: the Galaxy Tab S3. While the device is ostensibly a beefier Galaxy Tab S3, Samsung is bundling the Tab S2 with a super-sized take on the S Pen.
OPPO unveils smartphone camera with 5x lossless zoom
OPPO today made use of its Mobile World Congress keynote to unveil new camera technology for lossless zoom. Dubbed 5x, the tech makes use of a dual lens configuration inspired by a submarine periscope, and OPPO says it can deliver five times magnification without any loss in quality.
Alcatel lights up with A5 LED
Alcatel today unveiled the A5 LED, a upper entry-level smartphone with an LED back-cover. The phone's plastic back has plenty of LEDs embedded under it, which in addition to looking kinda cool, act as a music visualiser, and fire up for notifications.
Samsung to unveil Galaxy S8 on March 29
As part of its Mobile World Congress keynote, Samsung confirmed that it will official announce the next Galaxy smartphone - presumably the Galaxy S8 family - on March 29 as part of Unpacked event in New York.
Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus are midrange and metal
Motorola today unveiled the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, iterating on its best-selling midrange phone line with new features including a metal build and Google Assistant.
Huawei's P10 and P10 Plus are still all about the Leica cameras, and come in blue and green
Huawei today unveiled its latest flagship smartphones, the 5.1-inch P10 and 5.5-inch P10 Plus. Succeeding last year's P9, the two devices are quite similar in terms of design, with a slightly curvier body and a front-facing fingerprint reader standing out as the two main aesthetic changes.
LG G6 touts super tall "FullVision" display, two cameras, and water-resistance
LG today unveiled the LG G6, its latest flagship smartphone. Headlining features including an extra tall display with a 18:9 aspect ratio, an almost bezel-less build, and water-resistance. Notably, the G6 abandons the modular design LG introduced last year with the G5, and no longer has a removable battery.
Mobile data traffic to grow tenfold between now and 2022
Mobile data traffic is expected to grow tenfold between now and 2022 according to Head of Ericsson Australia and New Zealand Emilio Romeo, with video seen as key driver. In fact, Romeo says that 75% of mobile by 2022.
The new Nokia 3310 won't work in Australia :(
As rumoured, HMD Global - the relatively new owners of the Nokia name - have revived the classic 3310 as a spruced up feature phone. There's just one catch: it won't work in Australia.
